Surviving Domain of Soissons

So I'm on a surviving states kick and I was wondering "What if Syagrius had been victorious at the Battle of Soissons and Clovis I is killed?"

What happens to the Franks after Clovis's death? Will this be enough to preserve the Domain of Soissons? How does this effect the Visigothic kingdom in the south? Could Syagrius conquere Frankland or kick the Visigoths out of Gaul like Clovis did OTL?
 
Dammit, I was just pondering the same thing. Only I was going to suggest having Childeric die in captivity, with Syagrius's father taking over Tournai permanently.

I was assuming that Soissons would not expand to the same extent as the Franks, and thus that there would be a radically different middle ages.
 
Dammit, I was just pondering the same thing. Only I was going to suggest having Childeric die in captivity, with Syagrius's father taking over Tournai permanently.

I was assuming that Soissons would not expand to the same extent as the Franks, and thus that there would be a radically different middle ages.

Interesting pod, any pod that keeps Soissons alive is one I'm interested in, I mearly thought of the one that seemed the most apparent to me at the time.

I also tend to agree that Soissons most likely wouldn't expand to the same extent as the Franks, which could possibly lead to a more pagan Central and Eastern Europe.
 

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Could Syargius proclaim himself emperor, if he's able to pacify Gaul is a more important question. The Roman Empire of Gaul sounds like a nice name.
 
There were areas of Saxon Settlement in France, but they were settled there by the Franks. Probably more and wider spread Romano-British settlement, augmenting the those in Britanny and the mouths ouf the Loire.

I've read an interesting suggestion that Aegidius and Syagrius as they claimed the title of magister militum, had to be, according to Roman law, subject to an Emperor, or they would have claimed that title, but they sure were not subject to the Western one. Some think that this means they were subject to an enduring British Emperorship.
 
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